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Job Description

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4041.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,220.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 20.00
Currently, there are 391,120 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Machinists”.

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Tasks for “Tool and Die Machinist”

Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.

Related Technology & Tools

Bandsaws
Plasma welders
Vernier bevel protractors
Oxyacetylene welding equipment
Sensitive drill presses
Ladders
Inside micrometers
Sine bars
Metal cutting taps
V blocks
Cylinder honers
Vertical milling machines
Power hacksaws
Ball peen hammers
Ring gauges
Buffers
Screw pitch gauges
Screwdrivers
Wedges
Planer gauges
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Sandblasters
Metal spray equipment
Torches
Shears
Calipers
Chucks
Milling machines
Boring bars
Broachers
Anvils
Brass hammers
Radius gauges
Boring tools
Channel lock pliers
Crankshaft grinders
Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
Marking blocks
Shapers
Cold chisels
Horizontal mills
Socket wrench sets
Hand saws
Flat files
Telescoping gauges
Spirit levels
Threading machines
Rubber mallets
Jointers
Cylindrical grinders
Needlenose pliers
Dial calipers
Spindle blade screwdrivers
Soldering equipment
Hex wrenches
Outside spring calipers
Arbor presses
Machinists' hammers
Prick punches
Centrifugal spin casters
Binocular light compound microscopes
Pipe threaders
Parallel blocks
Platforms
Hex keys
Drum lathes
Feeler gauges
Aviation snips
Chippers
Pipe wrenches
Power drills
Center drills
Undercut tools
Surface grinding machines
Adjustable wrenches
Grinding dogs
Engine lathes
Power sanders
Turning lathes
Radial drill presses
Metal shears
Sharpening equipment
Milling vises
Utility knives
Hermaphrodite calipers
Scribers
Ratchet sets
Laser printers
Planers
Forklifts
Outside micrometers
Tongs
Surface gauges
Thread gauges
Brazing equipment
Flywheel lathes
Edge finders
Angle plates
Half-round files
Side cutting pliers
Turret lathes
Shielded arc welding tools
Personal digital assistants PDA
Full face shields
Chamfer tools
Grinding wheel arbors
Knee mills
Vertical turret lathes VTL
Magnetic retrievers
Pillar drill machines
Cold saws
Steel rules
Dial indicators
Radial drills
Breaker lathes
Single-cut mill saw files
Combination wrenches
Combination pliers
Valve grinding machines
Hacksaws
Brake presses
Deburring tools
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Punches
Shims
Machine shop rigging equipment
Square chisels
Milling angle form cutters
Horizontal boring bars
Staging equipment
Personal computers
Handheld welders
Inside spring calipers
Workshop cranes
Reamers
Swaging tools
Pry bars
Resurfacing machines
Tube benders
Welding shields
Horizontal lathes
Machinists' squares
Grinders
Vernier gear tooth calipers
Desktop computers
Combination drills
Beverly shears
Micrometers
Cutoff saws
Heat-treating equipment
Welding lenses
Gauges
Composition hammers
Phillips head screwdrivers
Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Steel wedges
Hand clamps
3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Sledgehammers
Hydraulic presses
Portable welding equipment
Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Vernier calipers
Height gauges
Lathes
Angled feeler gauges
Putty knives
Vernier height gauges

Armchair Machinist software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
EditCNC
ERP software
Kentech Kipware Studio
Kentech Trig Kalculator
CNC Mastercam
CCG Systems FASTER
JETCAM
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Office
Autodesk AutoCAD
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Microsoft Word
Computer aided design CAD software
Microsoft Excel